Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-18
AFTER TIE ELECTION.
LINCOLN AT The POLLS AS A
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.


PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
! Incoming Intelligence Received During
the Night Following Hi. First Flee
neutrality-suspicious. from Northern
Leaders-New, from the >outh
Election day came and passed quietly
/ enough \ little before the closing of the
polls Mr.. Lincoln sent a message 10 my hotel
. reminding mr that he had promised he would
not 60 u vote without me, and saying that
he was now ready. There was not much Ia
be made Of the incident Tor newspaper pur-
! poses He had cast too many ballots in the
same place for the conventional proceeding
| TO excite curiosity n"w. presidential Candi-
! date though he was. He wss cheered a little,
| rather IertunCtorIy, and few spectators
/ the fuSacious job among them, no doubt
! looked on while he tore away the list OF cleo
! tors from the printed Republican ticket and
| deposited the balance of the slip. | remen-
| Der my disappointment al not finding mate
! rial enough in the transaction for more than
! few lines of description. But then | be-
/ longed TO the old school of Journalism Your
modern special correspondent would ask no
better basis for continuous pages of brilliant
! narrative-more power 10 his nimhe fingers
AMI still mora nImhle Imagination.
As was 10 have beeIt expected, the night
| following the election WAS the most exciting
! Of my visit. The great result had long been
past Doubt, but there was none the less
eagefneSs to learn the details The little tele-
graph office Ia the center vi the town was a
scene oil the hNrlIest interest, though only II
fe" individuals We're permitted to invade it,
| privacy ana get the news fresh from tue
wires.
SENSATIONAL REPORTS
As an inevitable consequence, reports Of the
most gigantic and impossible dimensions cir
culated outside. The. southerners in Wash
inston bad 'et fire to the capital jeff Davi,
had proclaimed rebellion, ia Mississippi and
douglass hui been seized a hostage in
Alabama. Blood was running la the streets
OF New York and could not he stopped. The
negroes OF Virginia had risen III In>urreCtiOn.
Buchanan had resigned the presidency. ANY
person emerging from the telegraph station
and denying these and kindred ruInors was
set down a> having his own reasons for con
cealing tue dreadful truth. As for Mr.. Lin
coin. 1t was. Of course. preposterous 10 look tp
him for square strtenent Or any statement
of the facts. The privileged half dozen who
Went freely III and our, being unable 10 con
firm the catalogue Of horrors, became ex
trerhely unpopular, and were compelled To
listen 10 unfatterins remarks concerning
their character, vocation, manners and ap-
pesrance.
The president elect came frequently To
learn the - rming intelligence, bat it was
not until Il comparatively late hour that any
thing except formal returns began to arrive
There ws- little gathering Of friend
nrighb"IS IN IA hall not far distant, whs.s
Mrs. lLn"n! sal surrounded 10y the ladle. Of
her acquaintance, enl"vinS share 0t zoe
triumph Once or twrre her husband l0rse.!
III upon thlS party, but did not long remain
Toward midnight Geographic messa ,es ad-
dressed directly t" hiIu commenced 20 take
tue pisee "i The regular puohc dispatches.
Nj Cameron was heard from more than once
with respect 10 the vote OF Pennsy y!vania.
Words "f congratulation and cheer came
from various Republican leaders ID the north
ern states. By and by the operators voice
was heard IN q less eNuberanJ tone, reading
cut tine announcement:
hammond aud Chestnut, OF South Caro-
lima. have resigned from the United State,
senate
FIRST NOTE OF DiSCoRD.
1t was the first note Of diSrord 10 interrupt
the general reI"Iy!ns-the first forewarning
ct the shadow 10 ali TINS brightness. IL was
unexpected. too. AMI, coming in the Iaidst of
tempest OF enthusiasm, sent diSagreeable
chh through most OF those who listened. \
lew hours later II sou!i not have produced
20 nSN shock. l looked at MIR Lincoln,
wondering II tins sharP reminder would
d lhg up any sign NJ 4 deeper CONSCIOUSNESS
nan lie had thus lar shown There was none.
he received II with the same smile no had
worn all the evening while hearing the reit
Grated combinations "t hs success. Was II
pi~eiiSiniltNf lie fingered yet a little longer.
sheh "eht out INT" the street, whence lie did
lot rt'Hrh-at least not while | remained ~
The Viclhty- Looking forth, once or twice, !
saw nun walking slowly up and down, quite
aiohe, the thorouShfareS beng by that time
deserted Presently stared for my hotel
WIN one "i the citizens who had also waited
TIL n-ar the last. AS We passed the solitary
figure We exchanged ieavetakings. and INV
,,otunsniun observed.
..p,;,.L ,-,,r So. 81, S,,I ,,,.,,;
y. - -, y"
"e'i 'a'i as ''''' ~ 'hey
soL Tile heNs
coin a little while ago | saw II couple of
s'<h> iaii u'"i' h'Ssiiis airi sputper-
S,i.
N'''- SO - So '''N'. '1' esu hos